To date, Margarita Simonyan has managed to achieve success in her work biography and personal life. She gave birth to two children, received a number of government awards, and was recognized as one of the most influential women Russia and the world. And this is far from full list achievements of a 38-year-old television journalist whose childhood was harsh.

Biography

Margarita was born on April 6, 1980. She characterizes the region of Krasnodar, where the future journalist spent her childhood, as a ghetto. The living conditions in the old house where the family lived until 1990 were simply terrible. The salary of the father, a polytechnic graduate who had to repair refrigerators, and the mother’s part-time work provided the family with a half-starved existence, but the parents tried to give their daughters a good education.

The eldest, Margarita, turned out to be gifted, and the desire to escape from poverty only gave her strength. She learned to read in kindergarten and was one of the best students at a school with advanced study of English.

Under an exchange program for high school students, Margarita went to the USA, where she graduated from high school, but to receive higher education returned to Russia. She studied journalism in her native Krasnodar, and studied television skills at the capital's Pozner school. Her professional career also began in Kuban.

Margarita Simonyan and Tatyana Navka

A television

The first stage in Margarita Simonyan’s work biography was the work of a correspondent for the Krasnodar TV and Radio Broadcasting Company; after some time, the young journalist was entrusted with editing the information programs of this company. After her appointment to the VGTRK media holding, Margarita moved to Rostov-on-Don.

At the turn of the millennium, the girl prepared a number of military reports on the Chechen conflict, and in 2001 she talked about the events in the Kodori Gorge. The third hot spot in her career as a war reporter was Beslan, where hostages were taken in 2004. By that time, Margarita was already a special correspondent for Vesti, working in Moscow.

Margarita in the studio of radio "Echo of Moscow"

At the time of the founding of the English-language television channel RT (Russia Today), Margarita was only 25. The creators of the channel did not want to trust it to a person accustomed to the format of Soviet news; a fundamentally new approach was needed. They considered the best candidate for the post of editor-in-chief to be a young, talented journalist who had already received a number of professional and state awards.

Now Margarita Simonovna combines this position with the responsibilities of the editor-in-chief of MIA Rossiya Segodnya and its subsidiary agency Sputnik.

The journalist is the editor-in-chief of the RT television channel.

In 2011-13, Margarita acted as a presenter:

• analytical news program “What’s happening?”;
• political talk show " Iron ladies».

Both television programs were not to the liking of television reviewers. In their opinion, the program “What’s going on?” Simonyan led as if in Soviet times, resorting to the same style of propaganda. And for the show “Iron Ladies,” they and Tina Kandelaki, who was the co-host, were called “kitchen gossips.”

Margarita Simonyan and Tina Kandelaki

In addition to working on TV, Margarita starred in one feature film and one documentary film, wrote books and scripts. For Margarita Simonyan, the cinematic turn of her biography turned out to be closely connected with her personal life, because films based on both of her scripts were directed by Tigran Keosayan.

Personal life

At the age of 12, Margarita categorically told her parents that she was not going to get married. The fate of a downtrodden, powerless housewife, exhausted by everyday chores, did not appeal to her. Immediately after school, the ambitious girl focused on building a career; she did not have enough time for her personal life. Starting a family was not part of her plans, although she periodically began short-term romances without obligations.

The longest and most serious relationship connected her with her colleague Andrei Blagodyrenko. In an interview in 2012, Margarita called Andrei her common-law husband and emphasized that they had been together for 6 years.

Margarita often appeared in Tigran’s company, but no one suspected their connection

When Margarita Simonyan became a mother twice, fans interested in the details of her biography and personal life were surprised to learn that the father of both of the journalist’s children was Tigran Keosayan.

Photos of them together appeared on the Internet several times, but many thought that the journalist and director had only a professional relationship.

In 2012, Tigran gave Margarita a small role in his film “Three Comrades,” and in 2013 he directed the first film based on her script. The director was offended by criticism of a pretty woman of Armenian descent, and he wrote to her on Facebook with words of support. The correspondence was followed by a personal meeting, and soon they became very close.

Margarita and Tigran Keosayan's ex-wife Alena Khmelnitskaya

Margarita's first pregnancy turned out to be unplanned, there was a threat of miscarriage, and the woman decided to rely on fate. In August 2013, her daughter Maryana was born, and a little over a year later, a son, who was named Bagrat. Margarita is not yet going to formalize the relationship with their father, although he has already divorced his first wife, Alena Khmelnitskaya.

Margarita Simonyan has a blog on LiveJournal and a page on Facebook, but she practically does not post her own photos there and does not share biographical facts or events from her personal life. More interesting information can be gleaned from interviews and media publications:

• Margarita received her first job by accident, thanks to a collection of poems published at the age of 18. Local television decided to film a story about the young poetess, and she admitted that she dreams of working on TV and received an invitation to an internship;
• on the eve of the Olympics, Margarita, with the support of her husband, opened a restaurant near her grandmother’s house in Sochi, now it has fallen into disrepair due to its unfortunate location;
• the children of Margarita and Tigram already speak five languages;
• Margarita developed friendly relations with Tigran’s first wife. Khmelnitskaya starred in the film “Actress”, directed by Keosayan and scripted by Simonyan.

Margarita does not publish photos of her children

Margarita Simonyan now

Now Margarita Simonyan continues to lead RT and Russia Today, is a member of the public council under the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, and with the help of her common-law husband and grandmothers is raising children. During presidential elections 2018 was Putin's confidant.

Margarita Simonyan is part of a team of people close to Putin

One of latest news linked to Margarita's April Facebook post. She called an ambulance to the sick children and shared her impressions of the visit to the doctors’ house: these are poor people in front of whom you feel involuntary shame for your wealth. The phrase “It’s as if I stole it all” spread across the Internet and caused a wave of ironic comments, since Simonyan’s jingoistic propaganda activities, which are financed from the budget, are considered by many to be the same as theft.

Speech by Margarita Simonyan in the Federation Council

Fresh posts by the journalist regularly appear on LiveJournal, which anyone can read.

Margarita Simonyan is a famous Russian journalist who holds the post of editor-in-chief of the Russia Today TV channel, news agency Sputnik. This woman began her career from the very bottom, being an ordinary correspondent for a provincial television studio. Now she occupies one of the leading positions in domestic television journalism. Forbes magazine names Margarita one of the hundred most influential women in the world.

Childhood and youth

Margarita Simonyan was born in Krasnodar on April 6, 1980. Her parents raised two daughters, Margarita has younger sister Alice. This family did not have much wealth; Simon, the girls’ father, was engaged in repairing electrical equipment; in the city he was famous as best master for refrigerator repairs. Mom, Zinaida, sold flowers at the local market. Margarita’s parents, Armenians by nationality, spared nothing for their children. Girls have always had beautiful dresses, good toys

A family with young children lived in very difficult living conditions. They were waiting for an apartment, but for now they had to live in an old house on Gogol Street. One could only dream of improvement; there were no conditions for a normal life in the house; there was no running water, no sewage system, no gas. Water had to be carried in buckets up rickety stairs.

But the biggest horror for the girls was the huge rats scurrying around the corners. It was at this time that Margarita began to desire achieve success in life so that you never experience such problems again.

The girl was almost 10 years old when their family received nice apartment in a new microdistrict of Krasnodar.

Rita was an incredibly capable child from early childhood. Already in kindergarten she could read fluently. The teacher encouraged the girl, she gave her the opportunity to entertain other children and read fairy tales to them. Margarita studied at a special language school, her father insisted on this, dreaming of a good education for his daughter. Studying was easy for her, the girl was an excellent student. She was often sent to the Olympiads to defend the honor of the school.

In the 9th grade, a talented girl was very lucky. She was sent to study in the USA under an exchange program. Margarita ended up in a wonderful family, which she still remembers with great gratitude. She really liked it in America; there was a period when she wanted to stay in this country forever. But all this turned out to be a temporary fascination with a foreign country; love for the homeland turned out to be much stronger.

Margarita graduated from school with a gold medal and entered the Faculty of Journalism at KSU. This is not Simonyan’s only education; she also studied in Moscow, at “ New school theatrical skill."

Journalism

Margarita has always been a very active, active person. She truly deserved her first job. This was the position of a correspondent for the Krasnodar television and radio channel, which the girl had long dreamed of. In addition to studying at the university, Margarita wrote poetry. In 1998, she published a collection of her poems, and the TV channel began filming a story about the young poetess. TV crews could not ignore the fact that a real talent had appeared in their city, because Simonyan’s poems were talked about on all corners.

When Margarita talked with the film crew, she voiced her long-time dream - she admitted that she would like to work on a TV channel as a journalist. The girl was offered an internship. So in 1999 she began working on the Krasnodar TV channel.

Margarita is a very brave woman. She was only 19 years old when she went to Chechnya to film a series of reports there. In this hot spot, a short, fragile girl, whose height is only 160 cm, showed all the strength of her character. So that her parents would not worry about her, Margarita did not notify them where she was going. Only after returning from where the war was raging, the girl told her family about her business trip to Chechnya.

The series of reports that she filmed there glorified the young journalist and brought her well-deserved awards. She was awarded “For Professional Courage” and was given the first prize All-Russian competition regional television and radio companies and the Russian Order of Friendship.

Margarita Simonyan received the position of editor-in-chief of the Krasnodar channel

The girl’s career took off; a year after she got the job, she became editor-in-chief of the Krasnodar TV channel. In 2001, the girl was offered another position; she became a correspondent for VGTRK in the city of Rostov-on-Don. Simonyan continues to travel to hot spots. During this period, Margarita visited Abkhazia, filming a story about a clash between militants and the state army. All these events took place in the Kodori Gorge.

Talented and fearless journalists are needed everywhere. In 2002, she was invited to the capital, offering the position of correspondent for the Vesti program. There was a time when Margarita was part of the presidential pool of journalists and accompanied Vladimir Putin. The tragedy in Beslan required her participation on the scene; in September 2004, she covered the hostage crisis in high school. This event had a very strong influence on the worldview of the young journalist. She strongly discourages her young colleagues from starting a career as war correspondents.

Margarita Simonyan Chief Editor"Russia Today"

The creation of the Russia Today TV channel (2005) became an important project of domestic television. The broadcast here was supposed to be on English language, to inform about the position Russia takes in relation to international events. Simonyan became the editor-in-chief of the new project. And this appointment raised many questions.

The founders of RIA Novosti approved Margarita for the position based on the following considerations. They needed an editor-in-chief who had not seen Soviet news. At the same time, he was obliged to have his own ideas about what Russian news should look like when shown to foreigners. Margarita was ideally suited for the high position of editor-in-chief of the new project. After some time, her responsibilities began to include overseeing the Arabic and Spanish versions of the TV channel.

Since 2011, Simonyan has been hosting the news project “What’s Going On?” on the REN-TV channel. This is a very interesting program, during which the journalist covers the most significant events of the week. She works with those news about which viewers were not sufficiently informed on federal channels. It is always interesting to learn news first hand, from the words of eyewitnesses. "What's happening?" was structured in exactly this way, the presenter involved direct participants in the events and spectators in the conversation.

In 2013, Margarita became the co-host of the “Iron Ladies” program, which was broadcast on NTV. In tandem with she asked in live Questions for famous politicians and businessmen. These were topical issues that worried the audience, and of course, they were not always convenient for the guests of the program. As a result, the channel's management decided to close the TV show. It didn’t even last on the channel for a year. In the same year, Margarita was appointed to the position of editor-in-chief of the international news agency Rossiya Segodnya.

Writing activity

Simonyan is still in early childhood dreamed of becoming a writer. This woman tries to make all her dreams come true. Margarita was only 18 years old when her first collection of poems was published. Thanks to this book, Margarita got her first job. The work schedule of this bright, active journalist and editor leaves very little free time. Despite this, Margarita wrote the book “To Moscow” (2010). It took her 10 years to create the novel; it is a story about the generation of the 90s, about people with a difficult fate, their unfulfilled dreams. A year after the release of the novel, Simonyan received an award for the best book by a journalist.

In the magazine “Russian Pioneer” for 2012 you can find an excerpt from Simonyan’s new story called “Train”. Margarita writes culinary articles for the same magazine. In addition, Simonyan constantly polemicizes with foreign media. It was she who exposed the fake photographs associated with the “injury” of the boy Omran. With the help of fake footage, enemies tried to prove how aggressive Russia is behaving on Syrian territory. Omran Daknish's father told how everything really happened in an interview with RT.

Margarita was invited many times to visit a program with Vladimir Solovyov. Early last year she was the subject of an interesting interview, reflecting on freedom of speech in Western countries and in the Russian Federation. In collaboration with the journalist, she participated in the creation of the film “ Crimean Bridge. Made with love!". The film was released at the end of 2018. Star actors filmed here - Sergei Nikonenko, Yuri Stoyanov, Artem Tkachenko, Alexey Demidov.

Not long ago, Margarita interviewed suspects in the Skripal case - Ruslan Boshirov, Alexander Petrov. She commented on her vision of the outcome of this conversation on the Ekho Moskvy radio. The journalist got the impression that no one can be taken at their word in this matter - not even Western intelligence services, not even Russian citizens who came under suspicion of poisoning.

Personal life

Margarita is not inclined to advertise her personal life. Sometimes she talks about her, but very briefly. So, in 2012, it was from Simonyan’s words that it became known that she had a common-law husband, journalist Andrei Blagodyrenko. This union was quite long, it lasted 6 years, and Margarita at that time was not at all worried about an official marriage, a beautiful wedding. She approaches such questions very wisely, believing that the main thing is warm feelings, not surroundings.

Her family at that time was opening the restaurant “Zharko!” in Sochi. Around the same period, the famous journalist began to increasingly appear in company with Tigran Keosayan. A bright, charismatic man at that time was not free; his official wife was Alena Khmelnitskaya. The romance between Margarita and Tigran began on his initiative. At first it was virtual, Tigran supported the girl by writing her a warm message on Facebook, who at that time was going through a difficult period in her life. professional activity.

Simonyan Margarita Simonovna

Simonyan Margarita Simonovna- Russian journalist and media manager. Editor-in-chief of the RT television channel since 2005, the international news agency Rossiya Segodnya since 2013, and the Sputnik news agency since 2014.

Biography

Simonyan Margarita Simonovna, born 04/06/1980, native of Krasnodar.

Relatives. Sister: Simonyan Alisa Simonovna, born on August 7, 1981. She was involved in PR support for major federal projects, in particular the construction of the Crimean Bridge and the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Margarita Simonyan claims that she did not contribute to the development of her sister’s business through her channels in government. In her opinion, Alisa Simonyan is “simply one of the best PR people in Russia.”

Husband (civilian): Keosayan Tigran Edmondovich, born on January 4, 1966, film director, screenwriter and producer. Since 2012, Simonyan has been in a de facto marriage with Keosayan, who left the family and officially divorced his previous wife Alena Khmelnitskaya in 2014. Simonyan conducts business through Keosayan’s commercial structures, since he does not want to directly show government orders. Keosayan himself received government money to create patriotic films. According to some reports, Simonyan contributed to this through her connections. The family also owns a restaurant in the Krasnaya Polyana area of ​​Sochi.

Awards. Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree (2014) - “for objectivity in covering events in Crimea.” The decree was not published; according to the Kremlin press service, there was a “closed award ceremony.” Order of Alexander Nevsky (2019). Order of Friendship (June 27, 2007) - for his great contribution to the development of domestic television and many years of fruitful work. Presidential Gratitude Russian Federation(2010). Medal “For Strengthening the Military Commonwealth” (Russian Ministry of Defense, March 9, 2005). Movses Khorenatsi Medal (Armenia, November 18, 2010) - for significant contribution to the development of the field of journalism and high professionalism. Order of Friendship (South Ossetia, December 25, 2008) - for objective coverage of events during the period of armed aggression of Georgia against South Ossetia in August 2008.

Education

• Studied at special school No. 36 in Krasnodar with in-depth study foreign languages.

• In the tenth grade, to improve her English, she was sent on exchange to New Hampshire (USA) for a year as part of the Future Leaders Exchange program. During this trip, the future journalist, in her own words, became imbued with “some skepticism about democracy and a persistent hostility to American values.”

• At the age of 19 she graduated from the Vladimir Pozner School of Television Excellence.

• Then she graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of Kuban State University.

• She also studied at the Internews television school of Manana Aslamazyan.

Labor activity

• After graduating from university, she worked as a correspondent for the Krasnodar television and radio company.

• In 2001, she was appointed leading editor of news programs at the Krasnodar TV and Radio Broadcasting Company, and then as her own correspondent for VGTRK in Rostov-on-Don.

• In the fall of 2002, she became a special correspondent for Vesti.

• In 2005, the first Russian TV channel in English, “Russia Today,” was founded, and M. S. Simonyan was appointed editor-in-chief. Subsequently, she also became the editor-in-chief of the Arabic-language (Rusia al-Yawm) and Spanish-language (RT Español) versions of RT.

• Since 2014, at the same time, he has been the editor-in-chief of the international news agency “Russia Today”, as well as the editor-in-chief of the information agency “Sputnik”, affiliated with the MIA “Russia Today”.

• Also in the 2010s different time led the analytical program “What’s happening?” on the REN TV channel and the political talk show “Iron Ladies” on the NTV channel.

Connections/Partners

Often Alisa Simonyan worked not only as individual entrepreneur. So, for PR of the Crimean Bridge, she got a job in Arkady Rotenberg’s company “Stroygazmontazh” and, as his employee, oversaw the work of the Crimean Bridge information center. True, this center was established by the Prime agency and the Eurasian Communication Center, which were structures of Russia Today. Worked in this information center and younger son Gromova Danila.

Margarita Simonovna herself was engaged in commercial activities through an individual entrepreneur. According to her own statements, it was she who started this business, and then attracted her sister as an employee, and only later did she “separate.” Sometimes Simonyan had to involve her husband in running the business. Some clients were not satisfied with the status of an individual entrepreneur, and then Margarita Simonovna entered into contracts through the Coliseum company, the owner of which was Keosayan.

In 2019, a large interview with Simonyan was published. It is curious that the TV producer poured out his soul on Telegram, which was blocked by Roskomnadzor, and specifically on the Nezygar channel. The curator of this information platform, and especially “Nezygar” in the Kremlin, is considered to be the same Alexey Gromov. It was rumored that Margarita Simonovna decided to have a frank conversation due to the fact that a new big assignment had been prepared for her. In particular, there were rumors that the journalist decided to incriminate the head of Russian television Oleg Dobrodeev. And in this case, information support would really not hurt her. After all, despite her multiple awards and rapid career, ordinary viewers did not greatly favor Margarita Simonovna’s producing talent.

For many, Simonyan simply caused irritation. Often, the editor-in-chief of the Russia Today TV channel under his posts in in social networks collected a whole scattering of critical comments. She once talked about her awkward feelings when she had to call an ambulance. In particular, the journalists are uncomfortable in front of the medical staff for the “oak staircase”, “oak parquet”, “English wallpaper and vintage Italian chandelier” in “ good home“in a “nice village near Moscow.” “It’s as if I stole it all,” exclaimed Margarita Simonovna. The phrase “as if I stole it all” instantly spread among the people. “They stole it,” was the mildest answer to the editor-in-chief of RT.

Career of Margarita Simonovna Simonyan good example how important it is in our country not only to be in the right place at the right time, but also to serve the higher authorities on time. Such skills are often more important than talent and long hard years of professional self-development. The “prodigy” of domestic journalism, Margarita Simonyan, managed to head the Russia Today media holding at the age of twenty-five. At the same time, Margarita Simonovna’s close relatives are now also showing considerable abilities, receiving contracts from the state for PR support for the country’s largest events and making films with money from the Cinema Fund. True, the average TV viewer has no way of understanding why the state gave such advances to an ordinary journalist.

The famous actor and director Tigran Keosayan has always been in the spotlight, both among women and journalists. Everyone was endlessly concerned about the question of the star’s personal life: Who is Tigran Keosayan’s wife at the present time and how many children does he have in total? During his life, the actor had two marriages, one of which is still valid to this day. The actor’s first marriage to Alena Khmelnitskaya lasted quite a long time long time, but, unfortunately, fell apart. But Tigran Keosayan’s second wife, Margarita Simonyan, is building a happy life with her husband family life and to this day.

Tigran Keosyan and his wife - Margarita Simonyan

Tigran Keosayan - husband of Margarita Simonyan

Tigran Keosayan is 14 years older than his second wife. Born and raised in a rich and famous family. Therefore, the actor’s early years differed from the childhood of Tigran Keosayan’s new wife, Margarita Simonyan. Some were convinced of Keosayan's mediocrity, but this, on the contrary, strengthened his position. While still at university, he made a short film with his friend Fyodor Bondarchuk, who played in it main role. Then the army interrupted him labor activity, but then Tigran continued his studies again.
He also starred in the films “Joker” and “Katka and Shiz”, in which he played a significant role. Also, Tigran was seen on television and even hosted several TV shows.

Tigran Keosyan in his youth

Biography of Margarita - the second wife of Tigran

Margarita Simonyan was born in Krasnodar on April 6, 1980. Tigran Keosayan's second wife grew up in a very poor family. Margarita’s father repaired refrigeration equipment, and her mother sold flower products at the market. The difficult living conditions of Margarita and her sister Alice, on the contrary, added motivation and a great desire to get out of poverty. When Margarita Simonyan turned 10 years old, her family was given an apartment.

Margarita Simonyan in childhood

At school, the girl studied well and was distinguished by her diligence and education. She read better than anyone and knew foreign languages. Margarita's teachers were always pleased with her and invited her to read works in front of the whole class.
When Margarita was in 9th grade, she had the chance to go to study in the USA as an exchange student. I greeted the girl very warmly new family, and she did not want to return to Russia. But the longing for the breed region took over.

Career of Margarita Simonyan

After school, Margarita entered Kubansky State University at the Faculty of Journalism. The girl’s constant desire contributed to the fact that Margarita, even in student years, became a correspondent on the Krasnodar TV channel. The previously published collection of poems attracted the editor so much that the TV channel decided to film the story of such a talented girl and offer her a job on television.
Margarita Simonyan, real wife Tigran Keosayan was a very brave and courageous girl. At the age of 19, she went to film a story in Chechnya. For such a test, the girl was awarded and her popularity began to grow at tremendous speed.

Having visited Abkhazia during the war as a journalist, Margarita’s direction in her professional activities was determined. She talked about military operations, “hot spots” and many other different military facts.

The work of a war correspondent is very difficult and requires a large supply of nerves, Margarita said. In 2005, the girl became the editor-in-chief of the Russia Today channel, and literally 6 years later, Margarita, together with Tina Kandelaki, became the host of the Iron Ladies show.

Tina Kandelaki and Margarita Simonyan

Personal life of Margarita Simonyan

Since 2012, the young journalist began to be often noticed in the company of director and actor Tigran Keosayan. At that moment, the man was not alone. With him was Tigran Keosayan’s first wife, Alena Khmelnitskaya, whose photo was uploaded all over the Internet. While new wife Tigran Keosayan, shown in the photo, that is, Margarita herself, not so long ago lived in civil marriage with another man.

Margarita Simonyan and her common-law husband - Andrey Blagodyrenko

At that time, Tigran Keosayan and his future wife were simply opening a restaurant business. Only this activity and common interests were able to unite two people. In 2013, Margarita had a daughter from Tigran, who was named Maryana. After this moment, Margarita Simonyan and her husband Tigran Keosayan took joint photos and rejoiced at the birth of their child.
The most interesting thing is that Margarita also gave birth to a son, Bagrat, in 2014. Georgian roots are felt in his name. Therefore, there were rumors that both children were from Tigran Keosayan, and not from her common-law husband. In the same year, Tigran Keosayan and his new wife Margarita Simonyan opened catering business in Sochi, which is making progress. In 2014, the director and Khmelnitskaya had a divorce, and soon one could see photos of Tigran Keosayan, his new wife and children together.
Tigran Keosayan’s new wife communicates well with her husband’s children from a previous marriage. According to her, if her husband has children from a previous marriage, then divorce should not affect the upbringing of the child. Therefore, Tigran Keosayan’s wives sometimes meet and maintain communication, and both are not against such contact.

Tigran Keosayan's first wife

In 1992, Tigran met Alena Khmelnitskaya. Alena Khmelnitskaya is an actress who stars in very good films, but not only that, she plays her roles brilliantly. Alena's parents were artists of the Bolshoi Theater, so they always toured. Already with early age, the actress began acting in films. Someone said that she was destined to be born an actress. Already in 1991, the star played in the films “The Tale of the Merchant’s Daughter and the Mysterious Flower”, as well as “Murder at Sunshine Manor”.

Literally the next year, the couple had a child, a girl, Alexandra, and the family officially registered their marriage. Alena, married to Tigran, bore him two children, Alexandra and Ksenia. Alena Khmelnitskaya’s husband, Tigran, worked alone, as his wife was caring for the child. The couple quickly overcame financial difficulties, and their personal life began to improve.

Alena Khmelnitskaya and her daughter Alexandra

Alena Khmelnitskaya and her daughter Ksenia

They constantly went out to events together, and one could see a lot of photos in which Tigran Keosayan and his wife were satisfied and happy. But already in 2012, the couple’s public life faded away.

New personal life of Alena Khmelnitskaya

The most pressing question that torments many viewers is: who is Alena Khmelnitskaya with now? The star officially confirmed her relationship with Alexander Sinyushin. Moreover, Tigran Keosayan’s wife, Margarita Simonyan, posts joint photos with Alena. This worries many people, but not ex-wife Keosayan. It will be funny for someone to catch such a moment where both wives of Tigran Keosayan look happy in the photo.

Alena Khmelnitskaya with Alexander Sinyushin Alena Khmelnitskaya and Margarita Simonyan

Russian journalist Margarita Simonyan Simonyan has been the editor-in-chief of the Russia Today TV channel (Russia Today) since 2013. When she took up this position, she was only 25 years old. This appointment became the most discussed topic at that time, many wondered why this twenty-five-year-old Armenian girl was entrusted with such a responsible post. How did Margarita Simonovna Simonyan distinguish herself? However, no incriminating evidence was found on her person. And the passions subsided. Later in the article we will talk about life path this amazing woman who was able to have such a successful career.

Simonyan Margarita Simonovna: biography, parents

The future journalist was born in early April 1980, in the southern city of Krasnodar. Margarita has a sister, Alice. After she took office in 2013 general director RT TV channel, many began to wonder who Simonyan’s parents were. Margarita Simonovna and her sister lived in very cramped conditions since childhood. Their father was a refrigerator repairman, and their mother was a flower girl and sold flowers at the market from morning to evening. The money my parents earned was only enough for food. Their house was very old and located on one of the outskirts of Krasnodar, named after the great Russian writer N.V. Gogol. The house was infested with rats, there were no simple living conditions: gas, sewerage and running water. Today I can’t even believe that the USSR could have had such terrible living conditions. The girls had to live in this horror for about 10 years, after which the family received an apartment. It was life at the “bottom” that inspired in Margarita an irresistible desire to escape from poverty and achieve success in life.

Academic success

Despite the fact that Margarita’s parents did not pay much attention to the development of their children’s intellectual and creative abilities, the girls were smart and quite diligent. Little Rita was one of the first in her kindergarten group to learn to read. The teacher told her to read fairy tales to her classmates before bed. Later, Margarita Simonovna Simonyan was admitted to the first grade of specialized school number 36 in the city of Krasnodar. Here they engaged in in-depth study of foreign languages. It turned out that the girl has a great ability for English. She studied with straight A's and was sent to the Olympiads. When the girl was 16 years old and in the 9th grade, a great opportunity opened up for her to improve her English knowledge to the proper level. As part of a student exchange program, she was sent to study in the United States, in the state of New Hampshire. She settled with a very friendly and warm family, went to American school, communicated with peers and learned the peculiarities of life in mysterious America. She still has excellent, one might say “family” relationship with this family. Margarita even thought about staying overseas, but soon realized that life was best for her in her native country.

Higher education

After graduating from school, by the way, with a medal of honor, Simonyan Margarita Simonovna, whose biography is the topic of this article, entered the Faculty of Journalism of the Kuban State University, along with this she studied at the V. Posner School of Television Excellence, and also wrote poetry. It turned out that the press was interested in the collection of poems by the 18-year-old Armenian, and a film crew came to her home to make a report about her. It was during this interview that she mentioned that she dreams of becoming a journalist. And then she was invited to work on Krasnodar television.

First steps in the media

In December 1999, she went to Chechnya to cover fighting. At the same time, Margarita decided to spare her parents and only told them that she was going on another business trip. At the same time, Margarita began filming stories for federal channels. Her fearlessness and professionalism were highly appreciated by the government, and Margarita Simonovna Simonyan was awarded many federal awards. A year later she was appointed leading editor information portal TRK "Krasnodar", and in 2000 - editor-in-chief on the same TV channel. Later she moved to the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Channel in the city of Rostov-on-Don. Then Margarita decides to continue her “military” career and goes to Abkhazia, writes reports about the clashes in the Kodori Gorge.

To Moscow

In 2002, Margarita Simonovna Simonyan finally received an invitation from the management of the Vesti television program to work as a staff correspondent, naturally moving to Moscow. Of course, she accepted the invitation, and soon she was already part of the presidential pool. In September 2004 in North Ossetia, in Beslan, a terrible tragedy occurred. At that time, Margarita was in Minvody. She received an order from the channel's editorial office and went to the scene of the tragedy. The entire time the hostages were in the hands of terrorists, she stood outside the school and went on air every half hour. At times her voice broke due to the sobs choking her. After that, she could not come to her senses for a long time.

First responsible post

In 2005, the Russia Today TV channel was created in Moscow. He broadcast in English and was called upon to express the official Russian position on various political situations in the world. IN professional field many were surprised that Margarita Simonyan was appointed editor-in-chief of the channel. Nevertheless, RIA Novosti presented arguments regarding this appointment. According to them, the head of the service had to be so young that he did not remember what the news was on Soviet television. She must have a new way of thinking, a modern view of everything. In addition, she spoke excellent English and could objectively assess information flows. Later, Margarita also led the Arabic-language and Spanish-language versions of the TV channel.

Career

In 2011, Margarita decided to create her own news project “What’s happening” on the REN TV channel and act as its presenter. The program was broadcast weekly, on which M. S. Simonyan discussed the most important events last days, which they avoided talking about. Direct participants in these events were invited to the program. After 2 years, a new live political show appeared on NTV, hosted by Margarita Simonyan and Tina Kandelaki, an Armenian and Georgian. The program was called “Iron Ladies”. However, due to some reasons, the show was closed.

Creation

Since childhood, Margarita dreamed of becoming a writer. She wrote poetry, and already at the age of 18 she published a collection of poems written by her. Her next book was published in 2010 and was called “To Moscow.” This is a novel about the generation of the nineties, about the difficulties, difficult destinies of people whose lives coincided with the collapse of the USSR, about the unfulfilled dreams of young people who in an instant lost their present and future. A year after the release of the novel, Margarita received an award for the best book written by a journalist. Her next work was the story “Train”. She published excerpts from it in the Russian Pioneer magazine; she also writes culinary articles for this magazine.

The journalist does not like to talk about herself. In 2012, in an interview, she said that she and journalist Andrei Blagodyrenko had been living in a civil marriage for 6 years now, and as for consolidating official relations and a wedding, she was not at all ready for this. In the same year, Margarita went to Sochi, where the Simonyan family restaurant “Zharko!” was being built. It was there that she became close to her compatriot, a famous director. Tigran Keosayan and Margarita Simonyan spent more and more time in each other’s company. And everyone already perceived them as a couple, despite the fact that Tigran continued to be married to actress Alena Khmelnitskaya. A year later, in the summer of 2013, Margarita gave birth to a daughter, Maryana. The next year, she and Tigran had a son, who was named Armenian name Bagrat. Today Simonyan Margarita Simonovna and Keosayan Tigran are a family, although they are not legally married. They have two beautiful children.

Awards and titles

In 2000, Margarita was in the arena of military operations in Chechnya and reported in a bulletproof vest. She received a state award for her dedication to the profession, courage and professionalism.

In the same year, Margarita was recognized as the winner of the II All-Russian competition of regional television and radio companies. Her TV report about children in Chechnya was recognized as the best. Still in the same 2000, she received a presidential scholarship.

In 2010, in Moscow, the President of the Republic of Armenia presented the famous journalist with the “Movses Khorenatsi” medal - the highest government award of the Republic of Armenia.

She has several more state awards of the Russian Federation: “For Services to the Fatherland, 4th degree” (2014), two “Order of Friendship” (2007 and 2008), etc.

In 2012, Margarita Simonyan’s name was included in the list of 100 most influential women in the Russian Federation, where she took 33rd place. She is a member of the public council at the main directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, and since 2013, by appointment, she has assumed the position of editor-in-chief of MIA Rossiya.

Compromising evidence and sanctions

After the well-known events in Ukraine, Margarita Simonyan was included in the list of 49 journalists and media executives who are prohibited from entering the territory of the republic.